Ecton may refer to:PlacenamesEcton, Northamptonshire, village and civil parish in the Borough of Wellingborough, EnglandEcton, Staffordshire, hamlet in the Staffordshire Peak District, EnglandSurnamesJohn Ecton (died 1730), English compilerZales Ecton (1898–1961), United States senatorOtherEcton (physics), an explosive electron emission